#BC9D51#BC9D51

#BC9D51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.102 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D51
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 2.21, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 43.54, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0045 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.102 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2827, 35.4012, 12.8104)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D51 #5170BC

analogous

#BC6851 #BC9D51 #A5BC51

triadic

#BC9D51 #51BC9D #9D51BC

tetradic

#BC9D51 #51BC68 #5170BC #BC51A5

square

#BC9D51 #51BC68 #5170BC #BC51A5

split-complementary

#BC9D51 #51A5BC #6851BC

monochromatic

#6A5729 #967B3A #BC9D51 #CDB67D #DECFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BC9D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D51

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D51	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.102 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b984',
    500: '#bc9d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d51;
$custom-light: #d3b984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.617,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70829,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D51

secondary

#9DABCC

accent

#79D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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